Seqel Appoints Jan Dawson & Catherine Drayton to Beca’s Board

01 Jan Seqel Appoints Jan Dawson & Catherine Drayton to Beca’s Board

Catherine Drayton and Jan Dawson have recently been appointed to the Board of Beca by SEQEL. Ms Dawson and Ms Drayton are the first female Non Executive Directors appointed by Beca, New Zealand’s largest professional services firm. Up until mid 2011 Jan was Chief Executive of KPMG New Zealand. Since retiring from the firm she has joined the Boards of Air New Zealand, Counties Manukau District Health, Westpac New Zealand, University of Auckland, Goodman Fielder Limited and Meridian Energy Limited.

Catherine’s current or previous governance mandates include Ngai Tahu Holdings, Ngai Tahu Capital, Meridian Energy, Christchurch Earthquake Recover Authority, University of Canterbury and New Zealand Hockey. As an executive, Catherine spent 25 years with PWC, finally leading the firm’s Central and Eastern European advisory business with 60 Partners and 1500 staff.